Upon application, a member may be
awarded the Afghanistan Campaign Medal in lieu of the Global War of
Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for service in Afghanistan. No
member shall be entitled to the award of more than one of these two
medals for the same period of service.

Designed by The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army

Iraq Campaign Medal

Established by order of President
George W. Bush,
on 28 MAY 2004.

A warded to members of the
uniformed services of the U.S. who serve or have served in Iraq or
contiguous waters or air space, between
19 MAR 2003 and 31 DEC 2011.

The bronze Arrowhead Device
may be worn to denote actual participation in a combat parachute
jump, helicopter assault landing, or amphibious assault landing.

The ICM is awarded with at least one 3/16-inch
bronze Service Star for the following campaign periods,
one 3/16-inch silver Service Star in lieu of five bronze:

Upon application, a member may
be
awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal
in lieu of the Global War of Terrorism Expeditionary Medal for
service in Iraq.
No member shall be entitled to the award of more than one of these two
medals for the same period of service.

Designed
by The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army

Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal

Established by order of President Barack Obama on 30 MAR 2016.

Awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who serve or have served
in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous waters or airspace on or after
15 JUN 2014
and to a Date to Be Announced.

Any member who qualified for the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal by reason of service in Iraq, Syria, or contiguous waters or airspace
after 15 JUN 2014, remain qualified for that medal. Upon application,
a member may be awarded the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal in lieu
of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, but shall not be
entitled to the award of both medals for the same period of service.

The Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal may be awarded posthumously.

Service members serving deployed outside of Iraq and Syria for
Operation INHERENT RESOLVE will continue to be awarded the Global
War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

Designed by The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army.

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Established by order of President George W. Bush, on 17 MAR 2004.

Awarded to U.S. Armed Forces personnel who
deploy abroad for service in the Global War on Terrorism operations
on or after 11 SEP 2001 and
to a Date to Be Announced.

The bronze Arrowhead
Device may be worn to denote actual participation in a
combat parachute jump, helicopter assault landing, or amphibious assault
landing.

(1) Battle Stars (3/16-inch bronze Service
Stars) may be applicable for service members engaged in
actual combat
and under circumstances involving grave danger of death or serious
bodily injury from enemy action.
Only the Combatant Commander can initiate a request for a Battle Star.
The request will contain the specific
unit(s) or individual(s) engaged in actual combat, the duration for
which actual combat was sustained, and a detailed
description of the actions against the enemy.
(2) The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the approving authority
for Battle Stars.
(3) The approval of battle stars by the CJCS is authority for the
senior Army commander in the combat theater to
approve campaign participation credit.
(4) On 09 FEB 2015, DoD announced authorization of Service Stars (3/16-inch
bronze Service Stars) for wear on the GWOTEM to denote subsequent
awards for the following approved operations:

• Qperation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF)

11 SEP
2001-31 DEC 2014

• Qperation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)

19 MAR
2003-31 AUG 2010

• Qperation NOMAD SHADOW (ONS)

05 NOV
2007-DBA

• Qperation NEW DAWN (OND)

01 SEP
2010-31 DEC 2011

• Qperation INHERENT RESOLVE (OIR)

15 JUN
2014-DBA

• Operation FREEDOM'S SENTINEL (OFS)

01 JAN
2015-DBA

Initial award was limited to personnel deployed
abroad in Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and
IRAQI FREEDOM in the following specific geographic areas of eligibility:

Afghanistan*,

Iraq*,

Qatar,

Arabian
Sea North of 10° & West
of 68°,

Bahrain,

Israel,

Romania
(Constanta),

Bab el Mandeb,

Bulgaria
(Bourgas),

Jordon,

Saudi Arabia,

Gulf of
Aden,

Crete,

Kazakhstan,

Somalia,

Gulf of
Aqaba,

Cyprus,

Kenya,

Syria,

Gulf of
Oman,

Diego Garcia,

Kuwait,

Tajikistan,

Gulf of
Suez,

Djibouti,

Kyrgyzstan,

Turkey,

Mediterranean
Sea East of 28°,

Egypt,

Lebanon,

Turkmenistan,

Persian
Gulf,

Eritrea,

Oman,

United Arab
Emirates,

Red Sea,

Ethiopia,

Pakistan,

Uzbekistan,

Strait of
Hormuz,

Iran,

The
Philippines,

Yemen,

Suez
Canal

Additions made 11 Apr 2005;

Algeria,

Georgia,

Mali,

Uganda,

Bosnia-Herzegovina,

Hungary,

Mauritania,

Mediterranean
Sea("boarding and searching" vessel operations)

Chad,

Kosovo**,

Niger,

*
Effective
30 Apr 2005, the GWOTEM is no longer authorized to be awarded for service
in Afghanistan and/or Iraq. (This was reversed, for Iraq,
in 2014 with the authorization for Operation INHERENT RESOLVE.)**Only
specific GWOT operations not associated with operations qualifying for
the Kosovo Campaign Medal.

Personnel may receive both the GWOTEM and the GWOTSM, if they meet
the requirements of both awards;
however, the same period of service establishing eligibility for one
cannot be used for the other.
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Soldiers are not authorized the GWOTEM or Service Stars if they were
previously awarded the
Afghanistan Campaign Medal or Iraqi Campaign Medal for the same deployment.

Designed by The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Established by order of President George W. Bush,
on 17 MAR 2004.

Awarded to U.S. Armed Forces personnel who
have participated in or served in support of Global War on Terrorism
operations on or after 11 SEP
2001 and to a Date to Be Announced.

Initial award of the
GWOTSM will be limited to airport security operations
(27 SEP 2001 through 31 MAY
2002) and personnel who supported
Operations NOBLE EAGLE, ENDURING FREEDOM, and IRAQI FREEDOM

Personnel may receive both the GWOTEM
and the GWOTSM, if they meet the requirements of both awards; however,
the same period of service establishing eligibility for one cannot
be used for the other.

Designed by The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army

Korea Defense Service Medal

Authorized by
Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002.

Awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who served on active duty
in support
of the defense of the Republic of Korea,
from 28 JULY 1954 to a Date
to Be Announced.

DoD
has approved, as an exception to policy, to authorize service members
who qualified for the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM) for service
between 01 Oct 1966 and 30 Jun
1974, in the area for which Korea Defense Service Medal (KDSM)
was authorized, to be eligible for both the AFEM and KDSM. Award
of the KDSM for this time period is a one-time exception to policy to
comply with section 543 of the National Defense Authorization Act of
Fiscal Year 2003, Public Law 107 314.

The area of elegibility
encompasses all land area of the Republic of Korea and
the contiguous waters out to 12 nautical miles and all air space above
the land and water areas.

Only one award of the KDSM is authorized for any
individual.

Designed by John Sproston, The Institute of Heraldry, U.S. Army.

Armed Forces Service Medal

Established by order of President Bill Clinton,
on 11 JAN 1996.

Awarded to U.S. military who participate in unitsinvolved
in military operations
with no foreign, armed opposition or threat of hostile action.
One 3/16-inch bronze Service Staris worn to denote second and subsequent awards. To be eligible
for additional awards, service must be rendered in more than one designated
area and period of service.
No two awards will be made for service in the same designated area.

Armed Forces Reserve Medal

Authorized by Congress and signed
into law by President Harry Truman, 25 Sep 1950.

Awarded for 10 years of honorable and satisfactory service in the Reserve
Components
of the U.S. Organized Reserve Corps, Army of the United States, andOfficers
Reserve Corps
within a 12-year periodor
for service of, at least, one day of active dutyin support of a contingency operation, on or after
01 AUG 1990.

This medal has six different reverse designs respective of the particular
Reserve Corps: